Trips and Opportunities

Hello year 12s,


Here is a reminder of the upcoming trips and taster days:


Tuesday 13th June - Queen Mary University London
Tuesday 27th June - Poems of the Decade Conference
Tuesday 4th July - 'Hamlet'


Friday 16th June - Taster day at Royal Holloway (English and American Literature)
https://tasters.gradsintocareers.co.uk/courses/details/RH1728#
Monday 26th June - Taster day at King's College London (Liberal Arts)
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/liberal/index.aspx?utm_campaign=taster%20courses&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=52555988&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-91tbIfPTkKDpcPboZZAAUvvesrHfhhFNIx5M-B8nABa1e4-YeotguWv0j68jYjOCmvKGgNa1OjigU7LJX2PUgBlTK6zqKAv3L6MdcgVa9Vl6R8a5o&_hsmi=52555988


Your End of Year Exams are:
Tuesday 4th July / Wednesday 5th July - Poetry (TBC)
Thursday 6th July - Drama


Mrs Stroud

Are Lyrics Literature?

Hello year 12s,


For homework this week, please read the article below on Bob Dylan's speech and write a 100-150 word answer to the question: are lyrics literature?


https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jun/05/bob-dylan-delivers-nobel-prize-literature-lecture-just-in-time


Your answers will be posted together in our next blog post - please email them to me by Thursday 15th June.


Mr Gun-Why

The Handmaid's Tale on TV

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/may/25/the-handmaids-tale-on-tv-too-disturbing-even-for-margaret-atwood

Critical Anthology Essays - Annotated

Hello!


Here is a copy of my critical anthology, complete with my annotations. I hope you find them useful!


https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByjTQpSbakfiTXFNaXkycVV0eG8/view?usp=sharing


Mrs Stroud

Tutor Time Intervention - Hamlet's Soliloquies

Here are my copies of the soliloquies we have been analysing in AM intervention for the last two weeks.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByjTQpSbakfiQXdaaTU1Y2VHMDA/view?usp=sharing
Next week we will be looking at the critical anthology - bring your copy with you!


Mrs Stroud

A useful revision blog...

https://blogasenglish.wordpress.com/2016/03/25/chainsaw-versus-the-pampas-grass-revision-notes/

Birth and Creation in Frankenstein and The Handmaid's Tale - Model Answer

Hello years 12s,


You might like to use this model response (created by myself and the year 13s) to help you with your latest prose essay.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByjTQpSbakfiMFBZTm1kQm00Rjg/view?usp=sharing


Mrs Stroud